Recent reports have indicated that Cadillac will be launching a redesigned version of their XLR roadster in the summer of 2009. Sporting an updated exterior and interior, the new model hopes to carry the momentum created by the new CTS and CTS-V.
Largely neglected since its 2004 debut, the current XLR has only seen the introduction of a V-series and minor interior updates. With the introduction of Jaguar’s XK models and with freshened Mercedes SL’s on the way, the XLR was starting to feel behind the times.
The current XLR uses a 4.6L Northstar V8 which produces 320 and enables the car to go from 0-60mph in 5.8 seconds, while the XLR-V uses a 4.4L supercharged engine that is rated at 443hp and knocks 1.2 seconds off the standard version’s 0-60 time. GM’s recent announcement that it has stopped development of new Northstar engines means that the XLR could adopt engines used in the Corvette for the first time.
Cadillac XLR Update for 2009
Cadillac XLR-V
Recent reports have indicated that Cadillac will be launching a redesigned version of their XLR roadster in the summer of 2009.
By Michael Gauthier
February 12, 2008 11:01 PM
Filed Under: American, Cadillac
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_M7_
February 12, 2008 11:34 PM
uyyyy Vete engine! .... pffff
radmeister
February 13, 2008 2:32 AM
Still going to be slower and much more expensive than the vette.
carcrazy1234
February 13, 2008 5:03 AM
overpriced POS... get a corvette with this kind of money and have money left over for a vacation
Bremen_Koenigsegg
February 13, 2008 5:13 AM
This is updated? I-- wow. They went through all the effort of redesigning a car, and all they've accomplished is they've made an ugly car marginally uglier. I understand "beauty" is inherently individualistic, but this design is so mind-numbingly uninspired it makes a soup tin look flamboyant. On my own criterialess grading system, I give it a "I'd rather bathe with a toaster."
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